New Details on Class Action Against Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe Show How Facebook Rejected Alleged Hiring Circle

Some of tech's biggest names—Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt, Sergey Brin, Bill Campbell—conferred and squabbled and made peace privately for years, documents in a current Silicon Valley antitrust case reveal. But they were unable to pull a new company into the club, the court documents show: Facebook declined their friend request.

In a trial set to begin later next month, some Silicon Valley giants—Google Inc., Apple Inc., Intel Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc.—are accused in a class-action suit of colluding to suppress wages...